''This entry was originally written by [[George F. Sanborn Jr.]], [[FASG]], and [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D, [[CG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''

''This entry was originally written by [[George F. Sanborn Jr.]], [[FASG]], and [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D, [[CG]] for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''

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The WPA index, located at the New Hampshire State Library, on microfilm at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and through the FHL, provides an unusual statewide index of town records to approximately 1850, which includes vital records. (A notable omission in the index is the town of Exeter, which was inadvertently overlooked.) Town officers, tax records, warrants, minutes and accounts of town meetings, cattle and sheep marks, voting lists, warnings out, and militia are usually found at town clerks’ offices, although the information and availability varies greatly from town to town. A thorough search for genealogical material must include the record holdings of the appropriate town.

The WPA index, located at the New Hampshire State Library, on microfilm at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and through the FHL, provides an unusual statewide index of town records to approximately 1850, which includes vital records. (A notable omission in the index is the town of Exeter, which was inadvertently overlooked.) Town officers, tax records, warrants, minutes and accounts of town meetings, cattle and sheep marks, voting lists, warnings out, and militia are usually found at town clerks’ offices, although the information and availability varies greatly from town to town. A thorough search for genealogical material must include the record holdings of the appropriate town.

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To determine what deed and probate records exist for each town, find the name on the town list, note the date of formation, county, and parent counties. Then refer to the county chart to see where the originals are located. For the entire state before 1771, both deeds and probate records are held at New Hampshire Records and Archives. This means that to extend the research back through all possible records in the geographic area encompassing the county before 1771, the province original deeds and original probate records need to be searched as well.

To determine what deed and probate records exist for each town, find the name on the town list, note the date of formation, county, and parent counties. Then refer to the county chart to see where the originals are located. For the entire state before 1771, both deeds and probate records are held at New Hampshire Records and Archives. This means that to extend the research back through all possible records in the geographic area encompassing the county before 1771, the province original deeds and original probate records need to be searched as well.

The WPA index, located at the New Hampshire State Library, on microfilm at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and through the FHL, provides an unusual statewide index of town records to approximately 1850, which includes vital records. (A notable omission in the index is the town of Exeter, which was inadvertently overlooked.) Town officers, tax records, warrants, minutes and accounts of town meetings, cattle and sheep marks, voting lists, warnings out, and militia are usually found at town clerks’ offices, although the information and availability varies greatly from town to town. A thorough search for genealogical material must include the record holdings of the appropriate town.

On the chart below, addresses are from the New Hampshire Secretary of State www.state.nh.us/sos/clerks.htm for town/city clerks as of 2004. Most will not do research but usually indicate what materials they have available. The date for formation in the second column usually indicates the beginning of the town records, and therefore when vital records began to be recorded (see New Hampshire Vital Records). “Other Names” indicates names used earlier in the towns history or, in the case of “from,” the town from which it was formed. The third column lists the town’s parent county and its number on the state map. The parent county/ies are listed on the second line of the third column.

To determine what deed and probate records exist for each town, find the name on the town list, note the date of formation, county, and parent counties. Then refer to the county chart to see where the originals are located. For the entire state before 1771, both deeds and probate records are held at New Hampshire Records and Archives. This means that to extend the research back through all possible records in the geographic area encompassing the county before 1771, the province original deeds and original probate records need to be searched as well.

Town

Address

Date Formed

Other Names

County (Map)

Parent County

Acworth

Box 193, Acworth 03601

1735/36

Burnet

Sullivan (13)

Cheshire

Albany

1972 Rt. 16, Conway 03818

1766

Burton

Carroll (6)

Grafton/Strafford

Originally in Grafton County until 1810, then in Strafford until Carroll was created.

Alexandria

45a Washburn Rd., Bristol 03222

1753

Grafton (36)

Allenstown

16 School St., Allenstown 03275

1722

Merrimack (26)

Rockingham

Alstead

P.O, Box 65, Alstead 03602

1735/36

No. 4/Newton

Cheshire (2)

Alton

P.O. Box 637, Alton 03809

1796

New Durham Gore

Belknap (7)

Strafford

Amherst

P.O. Box 960, Amherst 03031

1728

Narragansett No. 3

Hillsborough (16)

Andover

P.O. Box 61, Andover 03216

1751

Emerystown

Merrimack (5)

Hillsborough

Antrim

P.O. Box 517, Antrim 03440

1777

Cumberland

Hillsborough (3)

Ashland

P.O. Box 517, Ashland 03217

1868

from Holderness

Grafton (31)

Atkinson

21 Academy St., Atkinson 03811

1767

from Plaistow

Rockingham (12)

Atkinson and Gilmanton Grant

unincorporated

Coos (3)

Auburn

P.O. Box 309, Auburn 03032

1845

from Chester

Rockingham (6)

Barnstead

P.O. Box 11, Barnstead 03225

1727

Belknap (11)

Strafford

Barrington

41 Province Lane, Barrington 03825

1722

Strafford (7)

Bartlett

RR 1 Box 50, Intervale 03845

1790

Strafford

Carroll (4)

Grafton/Coos

Bath

P.O. Box 165, Bath 03740

1761

Grafton (8)

Bean’s Grant

unincorporated

Coos (40)

Bean’s Purchase

unincorporated

Coos (38)

Bedford

24 N. Amherst Rd., Bedford 03110

1733/34

Narragansett No. 5

Hillsborough (17)

Belmont

P.O. Box 310, Belmont 03220

1859

from Upper Gilmanton

Belknap (9)

Strafford

Belmont inherited the original Gilmanton town records when the towns separated.

Bennington

7 School St., Unit 101, Bennington 03442

1842

from Hancock/Deering/Greenfield

Hillsborough (7)

Benton

110 Flanders Rd., Benton 03785

1764

from Coventry

Grafton (15)

Berlin City Clerk

Main St., Berlin 03570

1771

Maynesborough

Coos (24)

Grafton

Bethlehem

P.O. Box 189, Bethlehem 03574

1774

Grafton (2)

Boscawen

116 N. Main St., Boscawen 03303

1732

Contoocock

Merrimack (14)

Hillsborough

Bow

10 Grandview Rd., Bow 03304

1727

Merrimack (21)

Rockingham

Bradford

P.O. Box 607, Bradford 03221

1735/36

New Bradford/Bradfordton

Merrimack (12)

Hillsborough

Brentwood

1 Dalton Rd., Exeter 03833

1744

from Exeter

Rockingham (19)

Bridgewater

P.O. Box 419, Bridgewater 03264

1788

from New Chester

Grafton (30)

Bristol

230 Lake St., Bristol 03222

1819

from Hill & Bridgewater

Grafton (37)

Brookfield

P.O. Box 756, Brookfield 03872

1794

from Middleton

Carroll (18)

Strafford

Brookline

P.O. Box 336, Brookline 03033

1769

Hillsborough (27)

Cambridge

1773 (unincorporated)

Coos (17)

Campton

1307 NH Rte 175, Campton 03223

1761

Grafton (24)

Strafford

Canaan

Box 38, Church Rd., Canaan 03741

1761

Grafton (34)

Candia

74 High St., Candia 03034

1763

from Chester

Rockingham (4)

Canterbury

P.O. Box 500, Canterbury 03224

1727

Merrimack (15)

Rockingham

Carroll

P.O. Box 88, Twin Mountain 03595

1772

Breton Woods

Coos (31)

Grafton

Center Harbor

P.O. Box 140, Center Harbor 03226

1797

from New Hampton, “Moultonborough Addition”

Belknap (2)

Strafford

Chandler’s Purchase

1835 (unincorporated)

Coos (33)

Charlestown

Box 834, Railroad St., Charlestown 03603

1735

Sullivan (9)

Cheshire

Chatham

1681 Main Rd., Chatham 03813

1767

Carroll (3)

Strafford/Coos/Grafton

Chester

P.O. Box 275, Chester 03036

1720

Rockingham (7)

Chesterfield

P.O. Box 64, Chesterfield 03443

1735

No. 1

Cheshire (13)

Chichester

54 Main St., Chichester 03263

1727

Merrimack (23)

Rockingham

Claremont City Clerk

58 Tremont Sq., Claremont 03743

1764

Sullivan (7)

Cheshire

Clarksville

408 NH Rt. 145, Clarkesville 03592

1792

Dartmouth College Grant

Coos (2)

Grafton

Colebrook

10 Bridge St., Colebrook 03576

1762

Dryden

Coos (5)

Grafton

Columbia

P.O. Box 157, Colebrook 03576

1762

Preston/Cockburntown

Coos (10)

Grafton

Concord City Clerk

41 Green St., Concord 03301

1659

Penacock/Rumford

Merrimack (18)

Rockingham

Conway

1634 E. Main, Conway 03813

1765

Carroll (7)

Strafford/Grafton

Cornish

Box 183, Cornish Flat 03746

1763

Sullivan (4)

Cheshire

Crawford’s Purchase and

1834 (unincorporated)

Coos (39)

Crawford’s Notch

Croydon

879 NH Rt. 10, Croydon 03773

1763

Sullivan (5)

Cheshire

Cutt’s Grant

unincorporated

Coos (42)

Dalton

741 Dalton Rd., Dalton 03598

1784

from Littleton

Coos (25)

Grafton

Danbury

23 High St., Danbury 03230

1795

from Alexandria

Merrimack (3)

Grafton

Danville

P.O. Box 11, Danville 03819

1760

from Kingston Hawke

Rockingham (16)

Deerfield

P.O. Box 159, Deerfield 03037

1766

Nottingham

Rockingham (2)

Deering

762 Deering Center Rd., Deering 03244

1774

Hillsborough (4)

Derry

14 Manning St., Derry 03038

1827

from Londonderry unincorporated

Rockingham (9)

Dixville

RFD 1, Dixville Notch 03576

Coos (6)

Grafton

Dix’s Grant

unincorporated

Coos (7)

Dorchester

369 N. Dorchester Rd., Dorchester 03266

1761

Grafton (26)

Dover City Clerk

City Hall, 288 Central Ave., Dover 03820

1623*

Strafford (11)

Not formally granted as a town.

Dublin

P.O. Box 62, Dublin 03444

1749

Monadnock

Cheshire (16)

Dummer

1420 East Side River Rd., Dummer 03588

1773

Coos (16)

Grafton

Dunbarton

1011 School St., Dunbarton 03301

1735

Gorhamstown/Starkstown

Merrimack (20)

Hillsborough

Durham

15 Newmarket Rd., Durham 03824

1732

Dover Parish

Strafford (9)

East Kingston

24 Depot Rd., E. Kingston 03827

1738

Kingston

Rockingham (23)

Easton

62 Mountainview Rd., Easton 03580

1876

Grafton (10)

Eaton

P.O. Box 118, Eaton Center 03832

1766

Carroll (11)

Strafford

Effingham

P.O. Box 48, S. Effingham 03882

1749

Carroll (14)

Strafford

Ellsworth

12 Ellsworth Pond Rd., Campton 03223

1769

Trecothick

Grafton (20)

Enfield

P.O. Box 373, Enfield 03748

1761

Grafton (39)

Epping

157 Main St., Epping 03042

1741/42

from Exeter

Rockingham (18)

Epsom

P.O. Box 10, Epsom 03234

1727

Merrimack (25)

Rockingham

Errol

P.O. Box 100, Errol 03579

1774

Coos (15)

Grafton

Erving’s Grant

unincorporated

Coos (11)

Exeter

10 Front St., Exeter 03833

1638*

Rockingham (25)

*Not formally granted as a town.

Farmington

356 S. Main St., Farmington 03835

1798 from Rochester

North Rochester

Strafford (4)

Fitzwilliam

P.O. Box 504, Fitzwilliam 03447

1752

Monadnock No. 4

Cheshire (22)

Francestown

P.O. Box 67, Francestown 03043

1772

Hillsborough (8)

Franconia

P.O. Box 900, Franconia 03580

1764

Indian Head/Morristown

Grafton (7)

Franklin City Clerk

316 Central St., Franklin 03235

1828

Pemigewasset

Merrimack (6)

Rockingham

Freedom

P.O. Box 457, Freedom 03836

1831

N. Effingham

Carroll (13)

Strafford

Fremont

P.O. Box 20, Fremont 03044

1764

from Exeter Poplin

Rockingham (17)

Gilford

47 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford 03246

1812

Gunstock Parish

Belknap (6)

Strafford

Gilmanton

P.O. Box 550, Gilmanton 03837

1727

Belknap (10)

Strafford

Gilsum

14 Spring St., Gilsum 03448

1752

Boyle

Cheshire (7)

Goffstown

16 Main St., Goffstown 03045

1733/34

Narragansett No. 5

Hillsborough (10)

Gorham

20 Park St., Gorham 03581

1779

from Shelburne

Coos (29)

Grafton

Goshen

P.O. Box 58, Goshen 03752

1791

Sunapee

Sullivan (11)

Cheshire

Grafton

P.O. Box 297, Grafton 03240

1761

Grafton (40)

Grantham

P.O. Box 135, Grantham 03753

1761

Sullivan (2)

Cheshire

Greenfield

P.O. Box 16, Greenfield 03047

1791

Lyndefield Addition

Hillsborough (13)

Greenland

P.O. Box 100, Greenland 03840

1721

from Portsmouth

Rockingham (29)

Greenville

P.O. Box 354, Greenville 03048

1872

Hillsborough (25)

Green’s Grant

unincorporated

Coos (36)

Groton

63-1 N. Groton Rd., Hebron 03241

1761

Cockermouth

Grafton (27)

Hadley’s Purchase

unincorporated

Coos (43)

Hale’s Location

unincorporated

Carroll (5)

Hampstead

11 Main St./P.O. Box 298, Hampstead 03841

1749

Timberlane Parish of Haverill, Massachusett

Rockingham (14)

Hampton

100 Winnacunnet Rd., Hampton 03842

1638

Rockingham (35)

See Lane Memorial Library’s website at for searchable databases of Hampton family records from a variety of sources.